1 Wittrock est. 1560. The Wittrock
name was first mentioned in the village of Brockdorf, Lohne, Landkreis
Vechta, Oldenburg, Prussia in the year 1593. His estimated birth year
is 1560. Tax records show that here was only one farm in Brockdorf that
was held in the Wittrock name. It was inherited by successive generations
at least 300 years (and probably much longer), until Anton "Henry"
Wittrock sold the farm in 1885.

.... 2 Hermann Wittrock est. 1600 Hermann
Wittrock was a cottage farmer (Kötter) living in in Brockdorf.
His name is recorded in the tax lists in the year 1663. His estimated
birth year is 1600. Presumably Hermann inherited his farm from the earlier
Wittrock in Brockdorf.

...................... 5 Maria Wittrock
1722 - 1789 Born: November 16, 1722 in Brockdorf, Lohne, Vechta,
Oldenburg, Prussia. Died: February 24, 1789 in Brockdorf, Lohne, Vechta,
Oldenburg, Prussia. Maria inherited the Wittrock farm in Brockdorf because
her father , Johann Wittrock, had no living son at the time of his death.
............................ +Johann Brämswig/Brömswieck (called)
Wittrock 1708 - 1783 Born: May 06, 1708 in Lohne, Vechta, Oldenburg,
Prussia. Died: May 19, 1783 in Brockdorf, Lohne, Vechta, Oldenburg,
Prussia. Married: April 26, 1752 in Lohne, Vechta, Oldenburg, Prussia.
Johann (nee Brämswig) Wittrock was a cottage farmer (Kötter)
in Brockdorf. When he married Maria Wittrock he took his wife's surname
so that the family farm could remain under the Wittrock name.

............................ 6 Anna Margaretha
Wittrock 1756 - 1819 Born: January 17, 1756 in Brockdorf, Lohne,
Vechta, Oldenburg, Prussia. Died: January 05, 1819 in Brockdorf, Lohne,
Vechta, Oldenburg, Prussia. Anna Margaretha Wittrock inherited the Wittrock
farm in Brockdorf because her parents, Maria Wittrock and Johann Brämswig
(genannt) Wittrock, had no living son at the time of their death.
.................................. +Hermann Diekmann (called) Wittrock
1746 - 1825 Born: February 22, 1746 in Brockdorf, Lohne, Vechta, Oldenburg,
Prussia. Died: March 14, 1825. Married: June 19, 1774 in Brockdorf,
Lohne, Vechta, Oldenburg, Prussia. Hermann (nee Diekmann) Wittrock was
a cottage farmer (Kötter) in Brockdorf. When he married Anna Margaretha
Wittrock he took his wife's surname so that the family farm could remain
under the Wittrock name.